COMMON THREADS PROJECT
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Mission Statement
To help women heal from the enduring psychological effects of sexual and gender based violence (SGBV) in the context of war and displacement by building local capacity through training, launching scalable interventions, and promoting efficacy research.
About This Cause
Common Threads Project helps women heal from the enduring psychological effects of sexual and gender-based violence in the context of war and displacement by building local capacity through training, launching scalable interventions, and furthering the field of trauma therapy. What We Do We build local capacity through training. Rather than placing cultural “outsiders” in our projects, we train local mental health providers to provide treatment following our methodology. This helps ensure treatment is culturally appropriate, and that the intervention will last beyond our organization’s involvement. We launch scalable interventions. Our projects provide a model of care that can be implemented on a larger scale. Over time, our partner organizations become centers of excellence, providing a model for new projects to follow. We conduct careful program evaluation and work to further the field of trauma therapy. It is our responsibility to ensure that the treatment we help provide is effective in both reducing psychological symptoms and improving mental health. Common Threads Project is designed to be one component of a holistic approach in which a system of coordinated security, legal, medical, economic, educational and social services are also provided for survivors. Our Treatment Model The Common Threads Project model, rooted in neuroscientific and socio-cultural understanding of trauma, revives an ancient practice found in diverse contexts: women come together to sew their stories onto cloth, to disclose the unspeakable atrocities they have experienced, and to support one another. Common Threads Project integrates this tradition with best practices from trauma-informed therapy, bodywork, and psycho-education. Our clinical partners, under our supervision, form therapy groups of 12 to 15 women who have experienced SGBV. These women then undergo a 6-month treatment process, which involves the creation of a story cloth, as well as traditional trauma therapy interventions. The women’s sewing circle provides mutual support and safety, and enables the multi-dimensional work of trauma recovery. Learn more at our website: https://commonthreadsproject.org/